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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 91.853
the International Civil Aviation Orga-
nization (ICAO) Annex 16, Volume I,
Amendment 7, effective March 21, 2002.
The Director of the Federal Register in
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1
CFR part 51 approved the incorporation
by reference of this document, which
can be obtained from the International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
Document Sales Unit, 999 University
Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Can-
ada. Also, you may obtain documents
on the Internet at
http://www.ICAO.int/
eshop/index.cfm.
Copies may be reviewed
at the U.S. Department of Transpor-
tation, Docket Operations, West Build-
ing Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
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and Records Administration (NARA).
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Contiguous United States
means the
area encompassed by the 48 contiguous
United States and the District of Co-
lumbia.
Fleet
means those civil subsonic jet
(turbojet) airplanes with a maximum
certificated weight of more than 75,000
pounds that are listed on an operator’s
operations specifications as eligible for
operation in the contiguous United
States.
Import
means a change in ownership
of an airplane from a non-U.S. person
to a U.S. person when the airplane is
brought into the United States for op-
eration.
Operations specifications
means an
enumeration of airplanes by type,
model, series, and serial number oper-
ated by the operator or foreign air car-
rier on a given day, regardless of how
or whether such airplanes are formally
listed or designated by the operator.
Owner
means any person that has in-
dicia of ownership sufficient to register
the airplane in the United States pur-
suant to part 47 of this chapter.
New entrant
means an air carrier or
foreign air carrier that, on or before
November 5, 1990, did not conduct oper-
ations under part 121 or 129 of this
chapter using an airplane covered by
this subpart to or from any airport in
the contiguous United States, but that
initiates such operation after that
date.
Stage 2 noise levels
mean the require-
ments for Stage 2 noise levels as de-
fined in part 36 of this chapter in effect
on November 5, 1990.
Stage 3 noise levels
mean the require-
ments for Stage 3 noise levels as de-
fined in part 36 of this chapter in effect
on November 5, 1990.
Stage 4 noise level
means a noise level
at or below the Stage 4 noise limit pre-
scribed in part 36 of this chapter.
Stage 2 airplane
means a civil sub-
sonic jet (turbojet) airplane with a
maximum certificated weight of 75,000
pounds or more that complies with
Stage 2 noise levels as defined in part
36 of this chapter.
Stage 3 airplane
means a civil sub-
sonic jet (turbojet) airplane with a
maximum certificated weight of 75,000
pounds or more that complies with
Stage 3 noise levels as defined in part
36 of this chapter.
Stage 4 airplane
means an airplane
that has been shown not to exceed the
Stage 4 noise limit prescribed in part 36
of this chapter. A Stage 4 airplane
complies with all of the noise oper-
ating rules of this part.
Stage 5 airplane
means an airplane
that has been shown not to exceed the
Stage 5 noise limit prescribed in part 36
of this chapter. A Stage 5 airplane
complies with all of the noise oper-
ating rules of this part.
Stage 5 noise level
means a noise level
at or below the Stage 5 noise limit pre-
scribed in part 36 of this chapter.
[Doc. No. 26433, 56 FR 48658, Sept. 25, 1991, as
amended by Amdt. 91–252, 61 FR 66185, Dec.
16, 1996; Amdt. 91–275, 67 FR 45237, July 8,
2002; Amdt. 91–288, 70 FR 38749, July 5, 2005; 72
FR 68475, Dec. 5, 2007; Docket FAA–2015–3782,
Amdt. 91–349, 82 FR 46132, Oct. 4, 2017]
§ 91.853
Final compliance: Civil sub-
sonic airplanes.
Except as provided in § 91.873, after
December 31, 1999, no person shall oper-
ate to or from any airport in the con-
tiguous United States any airplane
subject to § 91.801(c), unless that air-
plane has been shown to comply with
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